A computer-generated physician, now under development explains diabetes and cholesterol test results to would-be patients…
Category: Science
Transistors that can switch between two stable energy states
Engineers are unveiling an upgrade to the transistor laser that could be used to boost…
More efficient catalytic material developed
Scientists have discovered a method for making smaller, more efficient intermetallic nanoparticles for fuel cell…
No evidence that enrichment activities encourage pupils to study STEM A-levels
There is no evidence to suggest enrichment activities run to interest pupils in science, technology,…
Twitter used to track the flu in real time
An international team has developed a unique computational model to project the spread of the…
Fentanyl can sicken first responders: Possible solution?
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is 50 times more potent than heroin. Even a tiny amount…
Larger swaths of tropical forest being lost to commercial agriculture
Larger patches of tropical forest are being cleared in recent years to make way for…
The first microbial supertree from figure-mining thousands of papers
Recent reports reveal there are more than 114,000,000 published academic papers. Finding ways to efficiently…
Doctors should be paid by salary, not fee-for-service, argue behavioral economists
Researchers outline the problems associated with the fee-for-service arrangements that most doctors currently operate under….
Could there be a ‘social vaccine’ for malaria?
Malaria is a global killer and a world health concern. But while millions of dollars…